TEC and Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Announce Alliance
Posted on Feb 21, 2018 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on TEC and Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Announce Alliance
Texas Electric Cooperatives (TEC) and Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) have announced an alliance which brings more than 9,800 miles of line and more than 80,000 meters in thirteen counties into areas currently served by TEC alliance partnerships. This alliance between TEC and GVEC is TEC’s twenty-third alliance partnership.
FERC Confirms UEC’s Authority to Build Transmission Line
Posted on Jan 22, 2018 in Litigation, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized | Comments Off on FERC Confirms UEC’s Authority to Build Transmission Line
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently ordered Umatilla Electric Cooperative (UEC) to provide wholesale transmission service to a certain wind energy project, rejecting a protest by Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative that the action would encroach on its exclusive service territory. The proposed wind farm, located near Heppner, Oregon, would include up to 292...
United Power to Build Colorado’s Largest Battery Storage Facility
Posted on Oct 31, 2017 in Energy Savings Programs, Innovation/Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized | Comments Off on United Power to Build Colorado’s Largest Battery Storage Facility
United Power, a Touchstone Energy cooperative, has announced plans to build its first commercial-scale energy storage project. At 4 MW, the battery storage system will be the largest in Colorado. The facility is to be developed in collaboration with Chicago-based SoCore Energy, a solar photovoltaic and energy storage developer that focuses on serving rural electric cooperatives. SoCore...
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative to Provide Broadband Access
Posted on Oct 26, 2017 in Grid & Infrastructure, Technology, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative to Provide Broadband Access
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative (MEC) has requested $2.7 million from the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission to provide broadband access to all of MEC’s customers. MEC intends to partner with Mid-Atlantic Broadband Communities Corporation to build the fiber optic network that will ultimately provide broadband services to the rural areas within MEC’s service region.
Nation’s Largest Low‐Income Community Solar Project Being Developed by Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, GRID Alternatives and Colorado Energy Office Partner
Posted on Aug 11, 2017 in Environmental, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Project Development, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Nation’s Largest Low‐Income Community Solar Project Being Developed by Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association, GRID Alternatives and Colorado Energy Office Partner
The Colorado Energy Office (CEO), GRID Alternatives and Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (PVREA) are partnering to develop a 1.95 MW community solar project, known as the Coyote Ridge Community Solar Farm, that will lower the electric bills of qualified low‐income residents, affordable housing providers and nonprofit organizations in the utility’s service territory. The PVREA...
Vermont Coop Incentivizes Its Members to Purchase Electric Vehicles
Posted on Jul 27, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Vermont Coop Incentivizes Its Members to Purchase Electric Vehicles
Vermont Electric Cooperative and Green Mountain Power partnered with Nissan to offer a $10,000 rebate on electric vehicle purchases.
Minnesota Coop Helps Fund First Electric School Bus in Midwest
Posted on Jul 13, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Minnesota Coop Helps Fund First Electric School Bus in Midwest
Great River Energy partnered with Schmitty & Sons Bus Co. to develop a 72-passenger electric school bus. The five-battery bus has a range of 100 miles, and it will begin transporting students in a suburban Minneapolis-St. Paul school district this fall.
U.S. House of Representatives Advances Two Interests of Electric Cooperatives
Posted on Jun 29, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on U.S. House of Representatives Advances Two Interests of Electric Cooperatives
The U.S. House of Representatives advanced two bills that would benefit electric co-ops. The House passed: (1) the Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act, H.R. 1873, which helps electric co-ops protect their energy distribution assets from vegetation-related damage and (2) H.R. 1551, which expands the eligibility of nuclear power plant developments for certain production tax...
Coop to Expand with Natural Gas
Posted on Jun 16, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Coop to Expand with Natural Gas
Lake Region Electric Cooperative has announced that it is expanding into the natural gas business as Lake Region Energy Service. This will be a partnership with Greater Minnesota Gas, Inc., and it expects gas distribution facilities will be in place by late summer 2017.
Dairyland Power Cooperative Partners with Minnesota Power on Natural Gas Power Plant Project
Posted on Jun 8, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Dairyland Power Cooperative Partners with Minnesota Power on Natural Gas Power Plant Project
Dairyland Power Cooperative is partnering with another utility, Minnesota Power, to build a $700 million 550-megawatt natural gas power plant in Superior, Wisconsin. If approved by regulators, construction on the plant will commence in 2020 and plant operation is anticipated to be achieved by 2025.
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